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I was thinking about this earlier after some tourists asked me the way to Camden Market (admittedly not that popular a tourist attraction but nonetheless I'd imagine they had a mildly disappointing experience).

So what's your least favourite 'must-see' tourist attraction? I think mine's Las Ramblas. When I was going to Barcelona everyone was telling me I had to see it and, whilst I loved Barcelona, I thought it was pretty much the worst thing about it. It largely consisted of long over-crowded street of people trying to flog you stuff, at least 300 counts of what would in the UK be termed animal cruelty and vague caution about the pick-pockets that loads of other tourists had warned me about. Some of the street performers further up are pretty damn impressive but I still didn't feel it was quite enough to redeem the overall shitness of the experience.

but otherwise, it's just full of agitated fellow tourists. last time i was there i saw an amazing line-up of ten american looking girls (sweatpants, bleached blonde hair) in wheelchairs looking depressed as they were forced to watch some totally lame side-street act

i'd like to say if i never heard scottish dance 'fusion' music again in my life i'd be happy, but then i'm damning myself to a life of unhappiness because it's the soundtrack to my walk to work EVERY DAY :'''(

1. Versailles: long queues that they don't tell you are unnecessary for under 18s and generally crap to look at. Hall of Mirrors is ok I guess 'cause you're like 0hh w0w it's like my history lesson in the Franco-Prussian war in the Unification of Germany module... The best part was watching my friends eating McDonalds afterwards, and the train journey back on a doubledecker train...

2. Sedlec Ossuary is pretty disapointing. It would have been incredible if I hadn't heard of it before/ been looking forward to seeing it for years. Douaumont is waaay more impressive.

3. Brandenburg Gate

4. Empire State Building

5. Arc du Triomphe

6. Most famous "streets" - Royal Mile, La Ramblas, the Royal Way in Gdansk...

Not sure whether it actually is a 'popular' tourist attraction, but there was absolutely nothing about the entire city that was even remotely interesting (apart from maybe Sziget festival, but I haven't been there).

Also: the Communist museum in Prague, though I liked the fact that it was directly adjacent to the largest MacDonald's in Europe; Anne Frank Museum in Amsterdam and I like to second Stonehenge.

The decorative arts museum modelled on the Al Hambra!
It has a really nice transport system, the best synagogue ever, the little island in the middle of the Danube with the Vasarely museum, the sculpture museum next to that...

its pretty shit really, full of skanky lowlifes scratting for change or trying to sell "coke or eckschtassee", insane bikers and trams that threaten to smash into/kill you. Sweaty, dirty, filthy, mucky, scummy sex district including trannies on display and a variety of continentally-sourced whores.
The only decent things about it are the coffeeshops and some of them are rubbish, there's some good graffiti and the massive multi-storey bicycle park is pretty awesome.

Its got two cool statues, a bit you're actually MEANT to spit on, a bit where all the goths hang out and you can buy SOME form of cashmere at every second shop.
Even during the first few days of the festival its pretty exciting to see it rammed full of people, and its even a novelty to have to walk down the street saying 'no thank you... no thank you' as people thrust flyers into your hand.

Ok... so its no good, but its not terrible. its quaint. Its got charm. Some bits of it are really beautiful. But its not that fun. Kind of sums up Edinburgh.